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Home Clinical Information Performance Measures Risk-Adjusted CABG Readmission Rate

Risk-Adjusted CABG Readmission Rate

    Risk adjusted percentage of Medicare FFS beneficiaries aged 65 and older who undergo isolated coronary artery bypass grafting and are discharged alive but have a subsequent acute care hospital inpatient admission within 30 days of the date of discharge from the CABG hospitalization.

    Date Reviewed: November 7, 2015
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    Measure Info

    NQF 2514
    Measure Type: 
    Outcome
    Measure Steward: 
    The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
    Clinical Topic Area: 
    Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery
    Myocardial Infarction
    Care Setting: 
    Inpatient
    Data Source: 
    Claims
    Registry

    ACP supports th is measure because it captures a targeted denominator (fee-for-service Medicare patients, ages 65 and older) and uses the Society of Thoracic Surgeons risk-adjustment, which has a strong base of clinical data.

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